LINKS TO INFORM

Some links to keep you informed and educated about the process for developers to gain building approval.   (More will be added soon.)

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LocalConstruct Submitted Tract Plans to L.A. City Planning Dept.  8/7/2012

Vestal/Preston Developers have submitted this "Tentative Tract No. 71901" to LA City Planning Dept. See tract plans in detail.   COPY/PASTE link to your browser.  Download this pdf file to enlarge. http://pdis.lacity.org/pdf/viewPDF.aspx?Query=Type%3DPDIS%3BDoc%3D1E3A8
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 Our IMMEDIATE concerns: 

TRACK the process on ZIMAS site!  Casey Lynch & Mike Brown just applied - so keep an eye out on the evolving process for the Vestal/Preston Development.  Legal address for "Blackbird" development is 2020 N. Vestal and 2023 N. Preston.  Type only the street number and in 2nd box, type street name in lower case:  house number: 2020  street name:  vestal

Keep Checking This Site to Track Case#s 

CPC-1986-255,  

VTT-71901, 

ZA-2012-1388-ZAA,  

VTT-71901-SL,   

ENV-2012-1389-EAF & 

ORD-165167-SA3535

Los Angeles City Planning Dept. CASE TRACKING information system

As of Oct. 10, 2012  

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L.A. City Websites   
                                                                     

LA City Community Plans Publication:Silver Lake-Echo Park-Elysian Valley

LA City Baseline Hillside Ordinance, a Comprehensive Guide
LADOT Developer Services
CD13 How to Get Signs and Crosswalks  (.pdf)

Other Resources

Community Guide to CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act)

Pertinent Eastsider Articles 

New generation of activists takes on Echo Park and Silver Lake development 

Previous Development Decisions

Avalon/Echo Park Ave. 2010 pdf

LocalConstruct "Blackbirds" Development News, Promos, Publicity

Blackbirds Development: A Woonerf For Los Angeles?

STEALTH DENSITY - Barbara Bestor's Blackbirds gives a single-family look to high-density housing that puts pedestrians and cyclists first.

Blackbirds houses in echo park...A message from Barbara Bestor encouraging more people to support urban infill development in Echo Park, California:

Cool Small Lot Homes in Echo Park  (Scroll down on this page.)


More links to be added soon  . . .